Tips for winter car operation (VAZ-21099)

If you have installed a radiator insulator, don't forget about it when you get stuck or there is a sudden thaw outside (they have been quite common lately) or spring has come - otherwise the engine can overheat even if the electric fan of the cooling system is in good working order.

Be sure to carry a shovel with you. To combat deep snow (if he can meet you on your way) a special "snow removal" or shovel shovel is best suited. For harder, compacted or melted snow and for digging out a car stuck in a rut, a regular bayonet shovel with a shortened handle for compactness is suitable. When traveling on forest roads, it is also advisable to have a small hatchet to chop branches and put under the wheels, and sometimes for a fire.

If you regularly have to overcome slippery slopes, it is useful to carry a bag in the trunk (small bag) with coarse sand, brick chips or something similar. Often it is enough to throw a couple of shovels of this mixture under each wheel to get moving and overcome a steep icy climb or not to slide off the road, damaging the body.

[The article is taken from the website: vazbook]